WASHINGTON, D.C. An employee of the Secret Service assigned to the White House has been arrested and charged with sending sexual content to a minor, according to court documents.
Lee Robert Moore, who the Department of Justice says is employed by the USSS Uniformed Division and currently assigned to the White House, has been charged with “attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor” in Delaware federal court, according to court documents.
According to the criminal complaint, he allegedly sent pictures of his “exposed erect penis” to someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl via social media app on a mobile device.
Court documents say Moore is 37 years old and lives in Church Hill, Maryland. The court documents, filed on Nov. 9, 2015, allege that Lee had a profile on a the social media application “Meet24” that described him as a 30-year-old male from Sarkey Corner, Maryland.
According to documents, he reached out to undercover Delaware State Police Detectives posing as underage girls.
In a statement a USSS spokesperson said, “The Secret Service takes allegations of potential criminal activity extremely seriously.
This incident was reported to our Office of Professional Responsibility on Friday, November 6th. On that same date the employee’s security clearance was suspended and the employee was placed on administrative leave.
All Secret Service issued equipment was retrieved and the employee’s access to all Secret Service facilities was terminated.”
